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Lovecchio, Elisa: ROMS+BEC coupled model output for the northern Benguela upwelling system [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.967161 (dataset in review)

Abstract:
Data from a coupled ROMS+BEC (Shchepetkin and McWilliams, 2006; Moore et al. 2013; Frischknecht et al. 2018) hindcast simulation for February-June 2018. The coupled model was run on a northern Benguela upwelling system regular grid of horizontal resolution of 3.3 km, using a vertical sigma-layer coordinate. Original model output was saved in the form of 3D daily means. These NetCDF files contain model output that was post-processed for the creation of figures included in a submitted manuscript (preliminary title "Mesopelagic particle layers of the hypoxic northern Benguela are shaped by diel vertical migration, zooplankton communities and near shore currents." by Lovecchio et al.). A description of the model setup and an evaluation of the model are provided in the manuscript and its supplement. This model run was created to complement and upscale in-situ glider SL405 data collected in the same period in the northern Benguela (published here https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.938221). ROMS-BEC_data_Figure8a_FigureSA6.nc file contains day-mean modelled particulate organic carbon, oxygen and velocities subsampled in proximity of glider SL405. ROMS-BEC_data_Figure8bcd.nc contains 2D fields of particulate organic carbon, velocities and oxygen averaged between 200-300m depth or sliced vertically at 18S, in the proximity of the glider SL405 position. ROMS-BEC_data_FigureSB* files contain February-June modelled temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, sea surface height and oxygen fields used for model evaluation.
Keyword(s):
BEC; Benguela; Benguela Upwelling System; coupled model; Namibia; ROMS
Supplement to:
Lovecchio, Elisa (submitted): Mesopelagic particle layers of the hypoxic northern Benguela are shaped by diel vertical migration, zooplankton communities and near shore currents. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Related to:
Lovecchio, Elisa; Henson, Stephanie A; Carvalho, Filipa; Briggs, Nathan (2023): NetCDF median glider data collected in the Northern Benguela during February - June 2018. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.938221
References:
Frischknecht, M; Münnich, M; Gruber, Nicolas (2018): Origin, Transformation, and Fate: The Three‐Dimensional Biological Pump in the California Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(11), 7939-7962, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013934
Moore, Jefferson Keith; Lindsay, K; Doney, Scott C; Long, Matthew C; Misumi, Kazuhiro (2013): Marine Ecosystem Dynamics and Biogeochemical Cycling in the Community Earth System Model [CESM1(BGC)]: Comparison of the 1990s with the 2090s under the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 Scenarios. Journal of Climate, 26(23), 9291-9312, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00566.1
Shchepetkin, Alexander F; McWilliams, Jim C (2005): The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): a split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model. Ocean Modelling, 9(4), 347-404, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.08.002
Funding:
European Research Council (ERC), grant/award no. 724416: Gauging ocean Organic Carbon fluxes using Autonomous Robotic Technologies
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), grant/award no. 184251: The influence of mesoscale variability on organic carbon export fluxes: bridging models and observations
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Model output, NetCDF formatModel output NetCDFLovecchio, Elisa
2Model output, NetCDF format (File Size)Model output NetCDF (Size)BytesLovecchio, Elisa
3Model output, NetCDF format (Media Type)Model output NetCDF (Type)Lovecchio, Elisa
4Model output, NetCDF format (MD5 Hash)Model output NetCDF (Hash)Lovecchio, Elisa
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB)
Size:
3 data points

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